Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-08

in the back rouIp. 1 dont know of
any BACK room ut Oitlu,s. l dollt know
how macy persons l eum in Orion
that evening". don Know Any oi them.
When Igottto Jnnk' Is saloon Arensdorf
was there. nay impression is that Arens-
dorf was there when | LIFT. Arensdorf
was in the ron reom. | went into the
back Q with Leader. We got q drink
of beer az the Milwaukee
horse when Leader and IL
got back there at about IL o'clock p. m.
/ guess Idrank two or three more glasses
of beer that night. That hat shown me
the mutilated straw hat resembles the
nat Leader hat on that night. I saw
Leavitt ct Jnnk's saloon. Leader and |
were just coming into Junk's front door
from thesrear bar room when Leavitt
and the! Others went ont on the street.
/ dont know q single one IN the Gro "
that went out except Leavitt. I knew
him by sight. He had been pointed
ont to me on the street and [ was at his
theater twice. He was pointed out to
me in the street. The man who pointed
him out was Billings, l think Billings is
q sort of rouetabont on the boat. |
have been around town with him some.
!. will say positively that / don't know
any of the crowd with Lsavitt. l don't
know now positively who was WITT Lea
witt. Leader and | started out right
after the crowd. shink We were $50
feet behind tae crowd. We didn't catch
up with them, except Leader said some
thing to the man who took his hat off.
saying something about what he meant by
that. Leader didn't step but walked
right on after the man took his hat Of.
We walked right On and past the corner
and didn't stop till we heard the pistol
shot. 1t was quite light. There was an
electric light near there. l could see
the crowd right ahead as We walked to
the corner from Junk's saloon. 1t is
about a block and q half or q block and
two-thirds from Junk's to Qipeen's
corner. don't know how long it took
us to walk that distance. Leavitt and
l walked at our usual gait. and we kept
right on around the corner at Water
street OF the same rate OF speed. I was
ON the .outside-near the curb-and
Leader was at my left on the inside
when the man took his hat off. He
didn't stop. We had got sixty or eighty
feet south OF the corner when the shot
was fred We had not turned around to
look towards the corner of water and
Fourth streets, until the shot was fred.
| When the shot wal fired l tuned around
land saw Haddock staggering. He raised
both hands this way illustrating. and l
think he had o cane in one hand. The
other man was in the act OF running
away, and was q lit5le west and I should
say seven or eight feet north OF Haddock
He had or q gum coat. 1 don't know
whether it was q rubber coat or a
gossamer. When l saw the man stag
gering and falling I did not go to his
assistance. / did not ask Leader to
come with me to help the man. knew
he had been shot. [ did not run and
call for help. / did not propose to go
and see who he was or how badly he was
hurt or what could be done for him,
SAID to Lender. Let's get gu of this
1Leader said nothing to me.
Court adjourned till 2 O'Clock p. ID. At
the RECOMMENDING of court the cross-ex-
animation of the witness was resumed
Witness nnt.nni did not
run any of the way after the shot was
fred. We may have walked q little
last. ! didn't know OF any house on the
corner OF Third street and Water streets.
We went east on the north side OF Third
street and then on Nebraska to the Nil.
Yankee house. We went into the hotel
office. Charlie Nolan was there. The
first thing We did vas to take q drink OF
two. That was q minute or two after
we got there. l talked a little with
Leader on the way. / slept with @. ID,
Bagely that night in room No. s. ]
didn't talk any about the killing that
night ] got upthe next morning at
the usual time and went to work ON
jackson street. The second day after
the murder l heard OF the coroner's jury
being in session. l knew Sheriff Mo
Donald. did not 60 before the
%coroner's jury, never went to the sheriff,
the district attorney or mayor, to tel
what ! knew. 1t is about o month
ago that l first spoke to the lawyers
for the defense. Kellogg vas the
first oseI spoke to. He was in his Office
me to GO. The last time / talked with
attorneys for the defense was about q
week aRo--with Argo. in Tredway,s
Office. Leader. Gray and some others
were there whom l don't know. Arens-
dorf was not there. Tredway was there,
IN and out of the room. When I signed
o statement / was at Kellogg's office
Kellogg wrote it out. / have a copy OF
it with me.
O'Connell asked to see the copy and
the paper was produced by the witness
from one Of his pockets.
Witness continuing: Leader was
present when the statement was signed,
| got the copy about q week afterwards.
It was about o month g that the
lstatement was written. / never was in
Kellogg's Office but twice. It has been
two or thre days since I talked the last
time with attorneys for the defense. ]
was IN Dakota when the grand jury was
In session. I was in Andover, in Day
county. / was butchering. Invent away
in November and came back to Sioux
City in DeceMber. l don't think
heard Of Arensdorf's arrest
till in December when I came back
1 don't know when 1frst heard of Bis.
marck's arrest, but l was in Sioux City.
When ] came back in December l did
not go to the sheriff, marshal, mayor OF
any officer to tell what / knew. ! kept
it all a secret. In 1882 ! was living in
Sioux CITY. / came in May. In 1881
was living in Fort Pierre, d. T. / was
~butchering there. Before ] went to
Fort Pierre ! lived in Helena, M. T. /
don't know how long / lived there. I lived
there and in that vicinity about three
years. / am not aware that / was eyer ar
rested. Before going to Montana / lived
at Blair, Neb. ! have talked with Paul
Leader every day almost about this case.
l talked with him about it to-day
talked with him at noon. / hook dinner
at his honse to-day. The evening of the
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